Psalms 133:1
See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 45:24So he sent his brothers away, and they departed. He said to them, “See that you don’t quarrel on the way.”
Psalms 122:1I was glad when they said to me, “Let’s go to the LORD’s house!”
Psalms 124:1If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say,
Isaiah 11:6The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat, the calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together; and a little child will lead them.
Isaiah 11:13The envy also of Ephraim will depart, and those who persecute Judah will be cut off. Ephraim won’t envy Judah, and Judah won’t persecute Ephraim.
Mark 3:25If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 133:1
This psalm is a brief encomium on unity and brotherly love, which, if we did not see the miseries of discord among men, we should think needless; but we cannot say too much, it were well if we could say enough, to persuade people to live together in peace. Some conjecture that David penned this psalm upon occasion of the union between the tribes when they all met unanimously to make him king. It is a psalm of general use to all societies, smaller and larger, civil and sacred. Here is, I. The doctrine laid down of… Read the whole commentary →